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I read that the veil in Herod's temple was 60 feet high, six feet wide, and six inches thick!

David and Jonathan were very close, though they weren't directly related. A pastor once presented them as a homosexual couple to justify such relationships. But there is not one shred of biblical evidence to even suggest a sexual relationship between them. That pastor read into the verses an...

The New Testament confirms that Moses wrote Genesis and the other first four books of the Bible: Mrk_12:19 “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies and leaves a wife, but leaves no child, the man must take the widow and raise up offspring for his brother. Mrk_12:26 And as for...

It means that we don't know for sure absolutely who will be in heaven, because we can't see their hearts; but we can have a little assurance about them and a lot about ourselves, when we see the evidence of God's work in our lives.

There are many times in my life when God has directly (or indirectly through angels) rescued and protected me. I can't sort out whether or not angels were involved in each instance, but God has acted in them. (Book: What God Has Done: My True, Dramatic God-Biography [Amazon]).

The Reformed view of the topic of predestination is Bible's view in the following passages: Gen 50:18 His brothers also came and fell down before him and said, “Behold, we are your servants.” Gen 50:19 But Joseph said to them, “Do not fear, for am I in the place of God? Gen 50:20 As for you...

That advice was far-from-biblical. Dependence on the Holy Spirit, who gives you his gift of the new birth, through Jesus' victory gives us great incentive and power to WANT to conform our lives to God's will as it is revealed in the Bible instead of leading our own selfish lives.

My suggestions to you: 1) Keep looking for churches that call you to an ever-deeper relationship with Jesus instead of to regulations of God. 2) Find one with small, Bible-discussion, support groups, one of which you can join for real fellowship with real Christians who support one another...

Let's just face it, folks. There are mysteries about God that the Bible does not solve: Isa 55:8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the LORD. Isa 55:9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my...

First, I would pray for them. Second, I would answer their hatred with calm, rational explanations of their concerns. Then, the ball is in their court, and they will answer to God for their responses. I would leave it in his hands then.

People who claim to believe in God often depend on their reasoning powers instead of on the Bible to guide their thoughts, sadly.

A child of wrath is under God the Father's guilty verdict as everyone's divine Judge and Creator. It is his wrath against sin that brings such a verdict on the human race because of Adam's sinful rebellion, which we all engage in until Jesus rescues us.

How do you know that babies aren't sinful? Our four babies were all born self-centered by wanting to be the center of adults' attention, and self-centeredness is the Bible's definition of sin, I believe.

Because unbelievers will often ridicule any mention of mysteries, and then believers who are listening might get distracted, I think.

Your question has no answer other than that God chose to do it that way.

I have read the whole Bible from beginning to end many times and find it more desirable each time. It gives me the big picture of God's relationship with his creation and church.

I heard once that we should go as far as the Bible goes and then stop. I have a lot of questions when I meet Jesus, but I don't think that I will want to ask them in his powerful presence.

First, the external forms of the Old Testament laws have been taken away through Jesus' death. Second, Jesus' seven "I am" claims in the Gospel of John say he is God and are figurative metaphors or comparisons pointing to real spiritual reality. For example, in the John 6 passage, he says that...

Sure, God opened the way through Jesus' death for us to approach him freely, humbly, and boldly, especially through our prayers.

Jesus is the reason for the season!